Geez, now I wonder WHY the Left has been unable to steamroll its will upon the citizenry here in the US as opposed to the proliferation of Leftism across Western Europe.
Think no more: The 2nd Amendment. When you defang a populace, lefties win. That's why we have Operation Fast and Furious/Gunrunner, which is a blatant attempt by the proglodytes in power to throw out the 2nd Amendment through a government-manufactured international 'crisis'.
There was a YouTube clip I saw some time ago about gun laws, with interviews of those from the UK, Australia and Canada. To a person, they all said the worst thing their people ever did was to meakly hand over their weapons. There warning to Americans was a stark, 'don't do what we allowed to happen'.